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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






2. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






3. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






4. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






5. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project






6. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end






7. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






8. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






9. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






10. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






11. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






12. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






13. ACWP






14. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






15. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






16. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






17. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule






18. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team






19. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






20. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






21. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






22. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






23. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






24. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






25. Provider of products - services or results






26. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






27. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






28. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






29. Budgeted cost of work performed






30. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






31. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






32. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






33. Significant point or event in the project






34. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






35. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






36. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






37. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






38. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases






39. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






40. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






41. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications






42. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






43. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






44. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project






45. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






46. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






47. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.






48. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






49. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives






50. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones